It’s not a fun visit to a water park until somebody breaks a toe. Judging by the purple digit on my left foot, my family and I had a blast at Great Wolf Lodge.

There’s not a lot you can do for a broken toe, except tape it to its neighbor and wait for nature to take its course. To help things along, its best to keep the foot elevated, which means sitting around. And if I’m sitting around, I might as well enjoy a beer. But which beer goes best with a broken toe? Here are some candidates off the top of my head:

What better way to accessorize a purple toe than with an Abita Purple Haze raspberry wheat beer? Well there’s gotta be at least one, because I don’t really go for wheat beers, and with an ABV of 4.2%, I don’t think this fruity treat will offer much relief.

I can’t get any Firestone Walker where I live, but what about a Founder’s Devil Dancer Triple IPA to mock my gimpy foot? I could enjoy the irony as I sipped on the 12% ABV powerhouse. After a couple of these, I’d probably be ready to cut a rug.

15 Comments on “What Beer Pairs Best with a Broken Toe?”

OK Jim, first of all, that is the ugliest and most disturbing picture you have ever posted! Second of all, I think this calls for ten fidy. It is the roasty malty treat perfect for toe healing, and it gives you the right to do the gangsta walk and the like. Yup Ten Fidy and a faux jewel encrusted cane…you’re stylin’ my Brotha 😉

Yes, but I can at least say I got it off the internet, and we all know that is a disturbing place. You have taken it to another level by showing your own naked foot! Feet are creepy to begin with, and the beer toes are truly disturbing.

First of all it is big and nasty with those fibrous things sticking out of it you call hair. Secondly it is bruised, and you said for us to look at the bruising, so who’s foot would it be? I know it isn’t Caryn’s.

Injuries require a quick anesthetic. A George Stagg or a WLW is required in this case. I once spained an ankle at a party (uneven ground right underneath the beer garden door) and after Makers (sorry Don) and MGD (medical purposes only) I managed to walk the three blocks back to the car with nary a limp. And uhhh… No more feet please. Leaves a bad taste which is contrary to the whole blog thing you have going here.